For one pain endured with joy, we shall love the good God more forever.
THERESE OF LISIEUXWithout love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.
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Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
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It isn’t enough to love; we must prove it.
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I prefer to be accused unjustly, for then I have nothing to reproach myself with, and joyfully offer this to the good Lord. Then I humble myself at the thought that I am indeed capable of doing the thing of which I have been accused.
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You know well that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them.
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Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither intelligence nor talents. He cherishes simplicity.
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Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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When one loves, one does not calculate.
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I want to shine like a little candle before His altar.
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I say nothing to him I love him.
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Perfect love means putting up with other peoples shortcomings, feeling no surprise at their weaknesses, finding encouragement even in the slightest evidence of good qualities in them.
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My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms; they can move hearts far better than words, I know it by experience.
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Look at His adorable face. Look at His glazed and sunken eyes. Look at His wounds. Look Jesus in the Face. There, you will see how He loves us.
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As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.
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(Her last words) Oh! I love Him! My God, I love You!
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